The College News
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VOL. XXIX, No. 1
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N MAWR and WAYNE, PA., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1942 B?ynyM��V coiiV"" 19� PRICE 10 CENTS
Pearl Harbor, Air
Raid Drills Alter
Old, Happier Days
Wave of Correspondents
And Redecorating Hits
Campus
The 57th, or Pearl Harbor year
at Brvn Mawr was noted for its
changes and innovations, not only
in regard to the war, but also con-
cerning the physical appearance of
the campus, and the college admin-
istration.
At the opening chapel Miss Park
pointed out that it was time for
the individual to take a definite
stand on the war. A poll revealed,
however, that a majority opposed
immediate declaration of war. Par-
ticipation in defense courses was
encouraged. In the end, any one
not taking first aid was all but
giving aid and comfort to the en-
emy, although some were irrever-
ent enough to imply that perhaps
the reverse was true.
For the fifth time in history, the
Sophomores failed to get the Fresh-
man Parade Night Song. They
tleparted from custom, however, by
composing a polite acknowledgment
of their failure.
Appearances were improved by
the installation of the final equip,-
ment in the Theatre Workshop,
and, later, by the redecoration of
the Inn to look like a toned down
version of the Manna Bar.
Walter Duranty came down to
mutter sensibly about Russia. Vir-
ginia Cowles followed with inti-
mate stories of life behind the
lines. Almost coincident with Pearl
Harbor came Vincent Sheean, re-
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Almost Anything You
ight Need or Want
Freshmen Diversion
Seekers Told Where
To Find It by'News'|
The morale-building division of
the College ^News has dug up the
following information as a guide
to extracurricular frivolity. These
eating-places are all tried and true,
and the list deserves as much care-
ful perusing as the handbook. We
don't guarantee a cure for all
types of nervous breakdowns, but
the night life in the vicinity of
Philadelphia is not #o be under-' swe�*ers �* ? u , x?" ^ !""
__i:__i.j crombie and Fitch of New York.
Less expensive sportswear can be
For the benefit of those of you
who have come totally unprepared
for anything, here is a pocket
guide to nearby shopping facilities.
Almost everything you want is in
the Vill, * and, unless you're a
spendthrift you won't need to go
further than Ardmore the first
week.
In the Vill, Jeanne Betts sells
estimated.
Local: if you sleep through
breakfast, if you're starved at
four, or if Aunt Jenny shows up
unexpectedly for lunch or dinner,
you'll go to the College Inn. For
more elaborate teas there are, with-
in walking distance, the Com-
munity Kitchen, the Chatterbox,
and the Bit of a Shop all on Lan-
caster Pike, and the Cottage on
Montgomery (also for lunch or
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Uninformed Freshmen Wander Over Campus
As Government Refuses Railroad Intelligence
By Barbara Kauffman, '43
Since the fact that railroads are
crowded during weekends is a gov-
ernment secret, some of the cards
sent to Freshmen imparting this
information and using it as an ex-
cuse for beginning the Academic
year one day late seem to have
been caught on their way by well-
meaning government authorities
and radically censored. While
these earnest individuals, the cen-
sors, pondered over how much to
cut out, time passed. Two of the
cards have not, even yet, reached
their destination. And the result
was a little more confusion in the
already over-confused Taylor Hall
on Thursday afternoon.
A bright seventeen-year-old from
Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, who has
spent two winters in the United
States, arrived at the station,
then walked to Pem West, entered
and put down her bags. There was
no impressive and gracious hall
president to welcome her. "But I
wasn't a bit .worried by that," she
said, "because, you see, I didn't
know that there was supposed to
be one."
"There I found some girls. I
don't know who they were, but
they were seniors and they found
out what hall I was supposed to
live in and then they took me
over to another building and finally
showed me the way to Denbigh
and left."
Undaunted, she entered Taylor
as the logical place to go to and
there found another girl who was
obediently following Mary Rambo.
"She didn't seem to know what
it was all about either, so I fol-
lowed her," the Puerto Rican con-
fided.
The other girl turned out to be
a Baltimorean of nineteen. She
also had come, but more fortunate
than her fellow traveler, she knew
where her � room was. She went
there, unpacked her bag, saw some
friends who told her to go to Tay-
lor. There, Mary Rambo came to
the rescue and said vague and un-
intelligible things about moving
dates around.
"The first I knew about this ar-
riving a day early was when you
said so," she told us. "Mary
Rambo insisted that we didn't be-
long here. All those people in the
offices also insisted that we didn't
belong. | But we had the letters
from out? student advisors and so
we knew and insisted that we did
belong. You're the first person
that has really explained it. Any-
how, this way, we'll be a couple
of jumps sjtead of our roommates."
had at Philip Harrison's and at
Kitty McLean's. Yarn for that
sweater you'll be knitting in off
hours comes from Dinah Frosts's.
If you want a radio or some rec-
ords, try Cuff's or Foster Ham-
mond's. Chairs for your room you
can get at Hobson and Owen's, and
for beauty, Rene Marcel or Maison
Adolphe will buck up your morale
with excellent permanents. Flowers
come from Jeannette's or from
Connelly's, and gifts from Richard
Stockton's. (
If you're feeling adventurous,
the bus will take you to Ardmore,
where you'll find clothes at Best's,
Lewis', Jane Engel's and Dorothy
Bullett's (Lanz of Salzburg).
Strawbridge and Clothier will pro-
vide anything (for a price) from
evening gowns to chintz for cur-
tains. Puerta de Mexico is excel-
lent for interesting and amusing
gifts.
If you really are a spendthrift,
there's always Philadelphia. The
Paoli Local will take you to Broad
Street Station, whence it is but a
short walk to Chestnut Street and
Wanamaker's (at Broad) or Bon-
wit Teller (at 17th).
Calendar
Tuesday, September 29
Registration of Upperciass
men, Taylor.
Deferred and conditioned
examinations begin.
Wednesday, September 30
Work of the 58th Acad?mic
year begins, 8.45 A. M.
Parad? Night, 7.30.
Saturday, October 3
German Language Exami-
nations for Undergradu-
ates, M. A. and Ph.D. can-
d'dates. Taylor, 9 A. M.
Sunday, October 4
The Reverend Donald B.
A'drich. Music Room. 7.30.
Schedule Planned for
Services in Goodhart
By Chapel Committee
Specially Contributed by
Dody Benedict, '44
Chapel services are held at 7.30
every Sunday evening of the col-
lege year, except during exam per-
iods. They are non-denominational,
and everybody is welcome. The
service this week was held in
Goodhart Auditorium, but for the
rest of the year they will be in
the Music Room in Goodhart.
The ministers usually come to
dinner at Rockefeller before the
,-ci vice. If you would like to have
dinner with any of them, give your
name to Dody Benedict (Wynd-
ham) or Pat Brown (Merion)
early that week. We would also
like to have the names of anyone
who would like to usher at the
services.
Starting on Monday, October 5,
morning services will be held in
the Little Chapel in Goodhart.
These are short, very informal af-
fairs, from 8.45 to 9.00, Monday
through Friday. They are run en-
tirely by the students and they
consist simply of informal readings
by one of the girls. Their purpose
is to provide an opportunity for
quiet meditation and prayer at the
beginning of the day. The Little
Chapel is at the top of the stairs
in the wing of Goodhart which
sticks out towards the campus. It
is always open and everyone is
welcome to go there at any time.
There is a small collection of de-
votional books for anyone to use.
Parade Night to
Feature Bonfire
Songs, Struggles
Torchlights Will Flicker
To Mark Traditional
Procession
Lanterns to Signify
'46 Welcome in Usual
Traditional Ceremony
At Bryn Mawr the third Friday
in October is designated as a night
of solemn ceremony. On Lantern
Night the Sophomores formally
welcome the incoming class in what
is perhaps the oldest of all college
traditions.
Freshmen and Sophomores as-
semble in two separate groups out-
side the library. Silent and almost
invisible in their black caps and
gowns, the Freshmen file into the
Cloisters. They form a semi-circle
standing on the grass with their
backs to the library.
While the Freshmen stand there,
the Sophomores enter. The only
light is the long, muted flare from
the lanterns that swing, one from
the hand of each Sophomore.
t. oiilinUf.l nil T~.iy�* Foil!
Parade Night, with its boister-
ous bouts between Freshmen and
"ophomores, is in the oIKiik. As
the first tradition involving rivalry
between the two classes, it is the
antithesis of Lantern Night. The
rivalry is expressed in the Sopho-
more attempt to discover and par-
ody the Freshman song. Equally
epposed to the ceremonious ritual
of Lant?rn Night is the wild snake
dance around a roaring bonfire on
the hockey field, the Freshman pa-\
radi down Senior row in the glow
of sputtering torches, and the
b'asting of the Bryn Mawr Fire-
men's Band in the background.
Parade Night celebrates the first
day of classes. Tuesday night will
witness the repetition of a tradi-
tion which has a long history of
violent song-snatchings and rough-
house.
In ths primeval days it was cele-
brated with artificial materials and
showed a violence unknown today.
In 1914 the three upp?r c'asses
dressed as weird devils, witches or
.-trantre basts. Everycn? danced
around a huge bonfire on the lower
hockey field while "Freshie" was
burned in effigy.
With the aid of that old Sopho-
more stand-by: "I wasn't at the
meeting yesterday. What is the
tune?" thi Sophomores taunted
the Freshmen vigorously:
Look at them straggling into view,
Bawling for home with loud boo
hoo;
See how they shrink before the red,
Falling away in reverent dread.
Why all those tears?
Poor little dears!
Oh, they should be in bed.
Your song is weak,
Your voices squeak;
Oh, 1918, oh, 1918.
Roman candles gave way to
torches in 1915, when the band led
Freshmen with "valiant Juniors at
their side" to the bonfire. On the
way back to Pembroke arch the
Sophomores blocked the stairways,
forcing the Freshmen to go around
by Rockefelhr.
The next year a dictaphone, de-
trctiv? work, and bluff discovered
1920's song. Benjamin, the porter
in Pembroke, who had done some
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Feverish and Vital Activity of Freshman
News Interrupted by Persistent Whistles
By Barbara Kauffman, '43
The monotonous sounds of type-
writers and feverish word counting
which combine to form the News
Rfoom refrain two nights out of
every week, (was interrupted last
Thursday evening by unidentified
sounds from the outside. Someone
looked up and vaguely suggested
a blackout. Then work continued.
A few minutes later the stern voice
of some air raid warden yelled
threateningly "Put your lights i
out." A scurry. A flutter of#pa-l
pers. Typewriters stopped. �.Cruiifa,'
fell. A lamp collapsed, .paVkness
came and the complaint outside
ceased. . ,
Suddenly a'voice rose; "They1,
can't do thitf.'to iis. We are bringing';
out the News.' This is a' hewsptfpef
office. We have a deadline to meet.
It's an outrage." But the dark-
ness remained unbroken. Someone j
suggested going out and lying flat |
on the ground. We had visions of
bodies strewn over the lawns, not
looking up. We sought a bathtub
to fill with water. We went outside
to keep away from the windows.
Finally, we saw a light in the dis-
tance and treid yelling in an au-
thoritative voice. To our delight
the light went out. We had never
realized the power of the press be-
fore.
Ten minutes after the lights
were again proclaimed uncensored,
.two reporters who had gone on an
,'irtfports.nt assignment to test the
fo'od'.ot'-'ona of the village's drug
stores 'retfirnod to tell the tale:
they had tfofc'n .caught in the drug
sfcu:e\ where '.the lights went out
�pjehiptly and a/No't.de at the coun-
ter went out equally promptly to
the back of the store accompanied
by the soda jerker. In the mean-
time, the owner of the store swore
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